Robert Palmer

(good) Robert Palmer, Riptide (Island 90471): Okay, so he likes expensive clothes, so he gentrifies his soul singing with a starchy, modal delivery. Palmer has found some music that fits. He's making (some would say faking) some of his best-tailored rock and blues on Riptide.The album begins and ends with Palmer crooning over a poshy, electrified version of the title track, a beautiful Gus Kahn/Walter Donaldson song first published in the 1930s. Even if Palmer doesn't knock your silk socks off with this rendering, his two takes of the tune set up contrasts with the rock 'n' roll in between.

Jack Warren Palmer, 79, of Hagerstown, passed away Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012, at Ravenwood Lutheran Village, Hagerstown. Born March 6, 1933, in Hagerstown, he was the son of the late Luther Edward and Della Mae (Tabler) Palmer. Mr. Palmer retired as a truck driver/salesman for Shenandoah Pride Dairy, and then was the produce and dairy manager for Boonsboro Produce. He is survived by his daughter, Donna J. Hershberger and husband, Wil, of Hedgesville, W.Va.; nieces, Delores, Martha, Barbara, Gloria Jean and Joanne; and nephew, Charlie.

Almost every Nashville nightspot claims a famous name. Call it "the Hank drank here" syndrome. How can a visitor find places with history and ambience? Where might a visitor see a current star? And more important, which places are the most fun? Dony Wynn, longtime Robert Palmer drummer and Music City insider, is the man to see regarding food and drink. To him, life is a movable and constant feast that must be accompanied by just the right beverages in just the right surroundings. So I ask him to take me and my husband, Ronnie, to his favorite haunts.

It was a great week on the U.S. charts for Britisher Robert Palmer, who has finally scored his first No. 1 single and first Top 10 album after years of just middling success as part of the blue-eyed-soul set.Palmer's hits are ''Addicted to Love,'' which moved up from No. 2 to replace Prince's ''Kiss'' as America's most popular single, and Riptide, which jumped from No. 13 to No. 9 on the album chart.Previously, Palmer's best showing as a solo act came in 1979, when the blues-rock anthem ''Bad Case of Loving You'' hit No. 14 on the singles' chart.

Robert Palmer had a decision to make Monday -- he could let a jury decide his fate on three DUI manslaughter charges or he could enter a plea. The decision was a tossup. Palmer wasn't drinking the night he caused a crash that killed an Apopka couple and resulted in the death of their son, Jacob. There was a chance a jury could decide he wasn't impaired by the prescription and illegal drugs found in his blood. If convicted, however, of killing Bryan Gadd and Devyn Farina, both 35, and their baby, Palmer could have received 45 years in prison.

The driver of a truck that crashed into a car driven by an Apopka couple more than a year ago, killing them both, was charged Wednesday with the death of their baby. The child was delivered by Caesarian section after the crash. Robert Palmer, 29, will face three counts of DUI manslaughter when his trial begins Monday in Orange County. If convicted, Palmer faces 45 years in prison. "It makes me relieved,'' said Jean Gadd, the baby's paternal grandmother. "I don't think he should get away with it.'' Palmer is accused of running a red light near Apopka and causing the crash that killed Bryan Gadd and Devyn Farina on Sept.

Robert Palmer, the District 4 Lake County Commission candidate eliminated in September's GOP primary, is backing Catherine Hanson in the Oct. 2 runoff.The 63-year-old Mount Dora retiree, who garnered 24 percent of the vote Sept. 4, also criticized Hanson's opponent, Marilyn Bainter, for being inflexible and a ''captive of zealots.''Palmer, who had earlier blasted Bainter's campaign tactics, backed away from making an endorsement immediately after the primary.On Friday, he said he decided to make a choice after long conversations with each candidate.

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Florida may not be Florida anymore, but the Gators can be thankful for one thing: Kentucky is still Kentucky. The Kitty Cat Curse continues. How else do you account for it? How else but some sort of divine double whammy can you explain how Kentucky continues to lose to Florida time and time and time again? Seventeen straight years now, dating back to 1986. That was the same autumn that Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love" was the No. 1 song of the year. Robert Palmer died last week.

If video killed the radio star, as the Buggles' song goes, it did wonders for Robert Palmer. With the help of a video band populated by identical leggy, strikingly glamorous women, the rock singer went from respectable 1970s star to a pop-culture symbol of the 1980s MTV generation with the hits "Addicted to Love" and "Simply Irresistible." Those songs were on the midday playlist Friday on classic-rock 96.5 FM (WHTQ), after news that Palmer had died of a heart attack in Paris at age 54. In addition to the MTV hits, WHTQ regularly plays the music that Palmer recorded before his stylish suits and cool demeanor transformed his image.

Robert Palmer, Drive (Remlap-Compendia); Steve Winwood, About Time (Wincraft Music): Older artists have it rough. No matter how accomplished they are, no matter how many records they've sold, they still have to prove they can deliver every time they come up to the plate. The task gets more complicated when they attempt, as Robert Palmer and Steve Winwood do on their latest projects, to transition into unfamiliar terrain. Palmer was known for such urbane collections as Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley and singles such as "Addicted to Love" -- deftly sung, gently percolating dance music dusted with jet-set sophistication.

Robert Palmer had a decision to make Monday -- he could let a jury decide his fate on three DUI manslaughter charges or he could enter a plea. The decision was a tossup. Palmer wasn't drinking the night he caused a crash that killed an Apopka couple and resulted in the death of their son, Jacob. There was a chance a jury could decide he wasn't impaired by the prescription and illegal drugs found in his blood. If convicted, however, of killing Bryan Gadd and Devyn Farina, both 35, and their baby, Palmer could have received 45 years in prison.

The driver of a truck that crashed into a car driven by an Apopka couple more than a year ago, killing them both, was charged Wednesday with the death of their baby. The child was delivered by Caesarian section after the crash. Robert Palmer, 29, will face three counts of DUI manslaughter when his trial begins Monday in Orange County. If convicted, Palmer faces 45 years in prison. "It makes me relieved,'' said Jean Gadd, the baby's paternal grandmother. "I don't think he should get away with it.'' Palmer is accused of running a red light near Apopka and causing the crash that killed Bryan Gadd and Devyn Farina on Sept.

In Florida, roofs take a beating. Tornadoes pick them up and plunk them down on the next block. Hurricanes chop them to pieces. Dozens of times a year, roofs are whipped by the winds and drenched by the heavy rains of summer thunderstorms. Worse still, the storms most often hit when the roof is at it most vulnerable. Scorched by the sun, a roof's temperature can easily reach 180 degrees. A storm's rain will cool it off fast -- too fast. "The rain drops it to 60 degrees," said Charles Counts of Counts Roofing in Paisley.

Robert Palmer, Drive (Remlap-Compendia); Steve Winwood, About Time (Wincraft Music): Older artists have it rough. No matter how accomplished they are, no matter how many records they've sold, they still have to prove they can deliver every time they come up to the plate. The task gets more complicated when they attempt, as Robert Palmer and Steve Winwood do on their latest projects, to transition into unfamiliar terrain. Palmer was known for such urbane collections as Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley and singles such as "Addicted to Love" -- deftly sung, gently percolating dance music dusted with jet-set sophistication.

Palmer, a writer on popular music for The New York Times and longtime contributing editor at Rolling Stone magazine, died Thursday in Valhalla, N.Y. He was 52 and had had liver disease since 1985. The author of several books, Palmer examined the growth of blues and rock in Deep Blues and in Rock & Roll: An Unruly History. He wrote and directed the film documentary The World According to John Coltrane and he served as chief consultant to the 10-hour public television series, Rock & Roll. Palmer also produced records for some artists on Mississippi's Fat Possum record label.

Today's chatsHere are highlights of today's forums. For more listings, check your online service or Yahoo events listing on the Internet at http://events.yahoo.comAMERICA ONLINE: For all chats, use keywords AOL Live:Sabrina: The Teenage Witch writer Nick Bakay on writing for the show and doing the voice of Salem, the cat, 4 p.m.Technothriller writer John Nance on his book Medusa's Child, 8 p.m.Comedian Sinbad on his book Sinbad's Guide to Life (Because I Know Everything), 9 p.m.Music band Corrosion of Conformity on its latest release, Wiseblood, 9 p.m.Richard and Kyle Petty, racing father and son duo, on NASCAR racing, 9:30 p.m.Fitness expert Jake Steinfeld on his Body by Jake health and fitness enterprise, 10 p.m.COMPUSERVE: Lisa Roberts, author of How to Raise a Family and a Career Under One Roof, on successfully combining family and home-based business, 9 p.m. Go: CSIConference.